Can we PLEASE remove Governor Perdue
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue attempts to bring teachers back to her camp. Too little, too late
My god, this is the most indecisive wretch in state history. One minute she’s a bloodsucking vampire, trying to suck the living out of teachers and school employees across the state. Now she’s kissing ass, siding with the teachers. What the hell?!
I had sent her an email a few weeks back, voicing my concerns about the potentially illegal methods to make the budget. I’m referring to the retroactive paycuts that were forced upon teachers and school employees statewide. Here was my response:
Dear Mr. Hamm:
Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding the flexible furlough program for all state employees. I appreciate hearing from you on this important matter.
Due to the national economic crisis, our state faces a budget shortfall of nearly $5 billion next year, almost 20% of our entire budget. In these very difficult times, we are making some very tough decisions to deal with the significant budget shortfall. While I am constitutionally bound to balance the budget, I am considering each choice very carefully, and I am always aware of the consequences of my decisions. I will keep your ideas in mind as we work to improve the quality of life in North Carolina.
I realize that during these difficult times, this may present a hardship for many. Please know that I considered this choice and its consequences very carefully. I made this decision keeping in mind the ultimate goal of protecting jobs and ensuring a strong future for North Carolina.
If you have additional questions please visit the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) website at: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/. They have developed a “question and answer” section you may wish to review. For immediate assistance, you may contact Allison XXXXXXXX at DPI by dialing 919-XXX-XXXX.
Again, thank you for writing.
Office of Governor Bev Perdue
It never really answered my question (as I presumed). I wanted to know where the state has the power to disregard its own statutes. I have talked to some lawyers, many of who are unclear if the state could legally enact a retroactive paycut, even though the governor is constitutionally bound to balance the budget. I did a little more digging on it, and found this little bit about discretion.
Discretion is the power or right to make official decisions using reason and judgment to choose from among acceptable alternatives.
Legislatures, the president and the governors of the various states, trial and appellate judges, and administrative agencies are among the public officers and offices charged with making discretionary decisions in the discharge of public duties. All discretionary decisions made are subject to some kind of review and are also subject to reversal or modification if there has been an Abuse of Discretion.
An abuse of discretion occurs when a decision is not an acceptable alternative. The decision may be unacceptable because it is logically unsound, because it is Arbitrary and clearly not supported by the facts at hand, or because it is explicitly prohibited by a statute or Rule of Law.
We’ll see. This move clearly is prohibited by a statute. Too bad it is going to be held up in the courts for years, although it may end up being a landmark decision one of these days.
Back to the topic at hand. As you can see, Perdue is clearly behind the pay cuts. But wait a second, she’s now standing behind the teachers? That’s more akin to letting sexual predators hang out at schools. Here’s a quote from one of her emails
“I applaud the General Assembly for their work to put a budget together. But – and that’s a big word – in North Carolina we must act boldly to protect the classroom. … We cannot and must not cripple education. Cutting education means cutting short our economic future. … That’s why I call on the General Assembly to make smart, tough cuts in the budget and to raise the revenue necessary to protect North Carolina’s classrooms. … We will cut deep. We will do more with less. But as state leaders we cannot increase class size, we cannot lay off teachers and we cannot sacrifice our economic future.”
That’s nice, but I fear it is yet a double edged sword. Do I see more illegal pay cuts in the future? Or what will it be next, cutting more law enforcement funds. Highways, who needs those?! Those bridges don’t need repair, I don’t care if the inspector says they are only standing because that is the only thing they can remember to do! Parks, why should we have those.
Bev Perdue has been a burden for our state since day one. She came in off a highly inaccurate smear campaign against Mayor Pat McCrory. She rode the wave of democratic straight tickets. Just about anybody you ask refuses to admit to voting for her, although some I’m sure have. She has plagued this state and will continue to cripple it with her barbaric and uneffective measures. She is intent on policies that will destroys many things we hold sacred. She talked a talked and rubbed her lucky rabbit foot to get in, yet now that she is here, she doesn’t know how to walk the walk. She is setting up this state for failure, and then she will blame the general assembly for it.
Can somebody please impeach this woman?
